Books -> Films (good or bad?)

Fran · Post by **Fran** » 02 Sep 2011, 08:24

Maud Fitch wrote:It's hard to beat someone's imagination.
We read those black squiggles on the page and turn them into a story.
A director reads those black squiggles on the page and turns them into a movie.

You control your imagination but the movie director projects his imagination to control you.
Unless you share the same imagination, chances are the movie will fall short.

Maud ... that's the best description I've read to explain why movies almost always fall short of the book.

Maud Fitch · Post by **Maud Fitch** » 04 Sep 2011, 03:04

Fran wrote:
Maud Fitch wrote:It's hard to beat someone's imagination.
We read those black squiggles on the page and turn them into a story.
A director reads those black squiggles on the page and turns them into a movie.

You control your imagination but the movie director projects his imagination to control you.
Unless you share the same imagination, chances are the movie will fall short.
Maud ... that's the best description I've read to explain why movies almost always fall short of the book.

Thanks, Fran, sometimes I have these insightful moments. <grin>

I can recommend Graham Greene's novel "Brighton Rock", a masterpiece of psycho-realism which was written in 1938 and made into two movies. The latest starred Sam Riley, Helen Mirren and John Hurt but didn't get rave reviews. I'd suggest sticking with the book!

Ghastlies · Post by **Ghastlies** » 07 Sep 2011, 10:28

they say that they have to cut out parts of the plot to make it fit into an hour and thirty minutes or whatever average time a movie lasts. i am not sure if that is accurate but i know that there are those movies that ruin the stories.
i vote yes. though that is in my opinion only.

MaxDaniel · Post by **MaxDaniel** » 21 Sep 2011, 03:39

Well not every time this happened. Book like "A beautiful mind" is very good in read and the movie based on it was really a great gem. But the book series on Harry Potter is very amazing as compare to movie based on it.

Tralala · Post by **Tralala** » 21 Sep 2011, 23:44

Maud Fitch wrote:
Fran wrote:
Maud Fitch wrote:It's hard to beat someone's imagination.
We read those black squiggles on the page and turn them into a story.
A director reads those black squiggles on the page and turns them into a movie.

You control your imagination but the movie director projects his imagination to control you.
Unless you share the same imagination, chances are the movie will fall short.
Maud ... that's the best description I've read to explain why movies almost always fall short of the book.
Thanks, Fran, sometimes I have these insightful moments. <grin>

I can recommend Graham Greene's novel "Brighton Rock", a masterpiece of psycho-realism which was written in 1938 and made into two movies. The latest starred Sam Riley, Helen Mirren and John Hurt but didn't get rave reviews. I'd suggest sticking with the book!

Too weird. I just got a copy of Brighton Rock. Buuuut...I'll buy any book by an author I like, so maybe that's not too weird.